Post by Boston University Global Development Policy Center

Is China’s development finance linked to gaining access to minerals in Africa? Which minerals are driving this pattern? Former Global China Fellow Congyi D. published a new study to tackle this question on a continental scale. The short answer is yes - but the reality is more strategic and complicated than a simple resources-for-loans story. Copper, cobalt, nickel and platinum group metals are all significantly associated with Chinese loan commitments. These are precisely the minerals most critical for clean energy manufacturing. Uranium, on the other side, shows the strongest association not with the size of loans but with the number of development projects. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ePDCQNs3